Clarion 1943-02-03 Vol 22 No 07

College Wins First
Bethel College won first place in
the sale of Chirstmas seals in De-cember,
according to an announce-ment
sent to Helen Heitzman, Seal
committee chairman.
Boquets to the Lady with a Smile
"The rainbow is sunshine broken
into beauty by the storm." This is
the motto which appears on the
desk of Edith Larson, whose life
has ever radiated the glorious pre-sence
of the Lord Jesus Christ
just as surely as the rainbow has
reminded God's people throughout
the centuries of His unfailing love.
A former student once told
the writer that when she came
to Bethel she was far from
home and often homesick. She
confessed that she used to go
into the office for any trivial
excuse in order to see Miss
Larson smile at her and cheer-fully
say "Good morning!"
The homesick student was
never disappointed and some-how
it was easier to go on af-ter
Miss Larson's greeting.
Professor Omark in his Biblical
Introduction class the other day
listed as part of King David's
training the afflictions and perse-cutions
at the hands of Saul and
others and stated that before Da-vid
could rise he had to descend.
Perhaps Miss Larson could not
have been the sweet testimony she
is if it were not for the storms
which have broken into beauty the
rainbow of her smile. Nevetheless
I am sure that we all want to join
with countless students who have
passed through the halls of Bethel
in paying tribute to one who has
been an inspiration throughout the
years. How many of you know, or
have even guessed, that about two
weeks ago she fell and cracked a
bone in her knee and another in
her foot? Yet through constant
pain her smile has been just as
always.
We pay tribute to Miss Lar-son,
our office secretary, who
has learned the secret expres-sed
by the poet:
"Them leaving all your weakness
With the One Divinely strong,
Forget that you bore the burden,
And carry away the song."
BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXII No. 7 February 3, 1943
Aid Problems
After ten weeks of lessons, each
member of the First Aid Class has
received a certificate from the Am-erican
National Red Cross signi-fying
the completion of the stan-dard
course in First Aid. In the
next training period they will
learn to make practical applica-tion
of what they have already
studied.
At the present time actual First
Aid problems are given to the class
which is divided into terms of
three and four individuals. These
problems are worked out and pre-sented
at the next session—car-ried
through as if at the actual
scene of a possible accident. When
the problem is being presented by
the team, it is for the class to
critically observe the "first aiders"
and offer constructive criticism.
The instructor, Mrs. Anderson, is
a full-fledged teacher in First Aid,
having many classes during the
week. Under her able instruction
the students say they are learning
much that will be of benefit to
them.
. Human Interest Story
Some of the women were thrilled
at midnight last week when a love-ly
(?) quartet rendered a serenade
beneath their window.
Just as the girls got the win-dows
open and were preparing to
listen wholeheartedly, the quartet
Participating in the contest were
the colleges of Ramsey county, on
a percentage basis. Bethel had
twelve cents per capita in the sale.
Miss Heitzman was commended
for her work and invited to appear
on an educational broadcast some-time
this year.
This announcement and invita-tion
came from Blanche Mac-
Donald, publicity director of the
Ramsey County Seal Drive.
Face Lifting in Sem
Proceeds Rapidly
Those who have been in the Sem-inary
Chapel since January 25th,
know what a remarkable "face-lifting"
the front of the chapel is
getting. The high, impractical plat-form
is being taken out and a lower
one installed. The seemingly small
change has done a great deal
toward transforming the chapel's
appearance.
Dr. K. J. Karlson is supervising
the work. It is understood that he
tried to have it done last year, but
becauSe of lack of funds the job
was postponed. Anyone who has a
period free, is welcomed to help.
The carpenter who has the con-tract
is Mr. Ostlund, and the cost
is expected to be less than one
hundred dollars. The student body
joins in praising this new venture
as an improvement on the Semin-ary
building and it will be con-ductive
to worship.
showered the screen with snow-balls.
To close they sang "Goodnight
Ladies."
For details ask Ingmar Larson.
P. S. Did the women sleep on
the floor because the snow melted
on the beds?
The Alexis Society officers
met last week to select a ballot
of nominees for officers in the
club next semester. Plans were
also made for the next Alexis
meeting, the tentative date of
which is February 10.
The program will be arranged
in such a way as to portray
the life of a chaplain in the
Army and Navy. The men who
have graduated from Bethel
and gone into the service as
chaplains are being asked for
suggestions. This should make
the resulting program worth-while
to one and all.
Send Gospels
The girls' Jewish prayer group,
which meets evey Tuesday noon in
the Women's Reception Room has
started sending gospels to the Jews
in New York state. Already twenty-eight
Gospels have been sent, and
the prayer is that God will go on
before and prepare the hearts of
those who are to receive the Word,
tat in reading it they might see
Christ.
A Jewish Rabbi has declared that
Chistrendom has hidden the face
of Christ from them,and that many
look down upon and persecute the
Jew, because they believe that the
Jews are the cause of all evil, that
they are the money-lenders of the
World.
Alumnus-Alumni
Some alumni news has drifted in
this week.
Miss Viola Steve will come to
St. Paul February 4. Miss Steve
is a missionary from Africa.
Mrs. A. M. Bothne (Florence
Barker) and family spent some
time recently in Seattle with her
husband who is in the Navy.
Mrs. and Mrs. George Anderson
(Levia Kinsey) are the parents of
a baby boy named Donald George.
Former coach and .Mrs. William
Adam are proud of a new baby
girl, Karen Louise.
Friday chapels provide interest-ing
programs when the Seminary
seniors take charge of the service.
On February 22, Ray Johnson was
in charge of the Seminary chapel
service, speaking on II Timothy
4:7, dealing with life as a fight, a
race and a trust, with a reward
awaiting. Gordon Thompson sang
a solo "Why Should He Love Me
So?"
There aren't very many fellows
leaving the men's dorm these dark
days before the storm of exams.
The only ones who don't seem to
be affected are Shine Swanson and
Bob Dischinger, who evidently
have been doing what everyone
else wishes he had done "GRIND."
Conference Coming
March 1 - 7
The week of March 1-7 is set
aside as Missionary Week.
Esther Sable, religious edu-cation
director, announced that
there will be conferences each
afternoon and a missionary
rally Sunday afternoon, March
7.
Among the outstanding speak-ers
will be Gustaf Sword,
Bengt Anderson, Edwin Erick-son,
Mrs. Ahlquist, Almyra
Eastland, and Franklin Nelson.
This year an entire week is
devoted to the conference. In
former years it has been a
Prayer and Mission day.
Olson's Visit
Reverend and Mrs. Aleck T.
Olson gave their testimonies at the
Missionary Band meeting last Wed-nesday
night, January 27, in the
Seminary dining room.
The Olson's are missionaries to
Nigeria, Africa where they have
been working among the natives.
They left Africa by plane on Christ-mas
Day and arrived in the United
States on New Year's Day.
Included in the program was a
singspiration led by Lloyd Nord-strom
who also played the guitar
and sang a duet with Charles
Berg. Refreshments were served
after the meeting.
They're Leaving
Ellwood Norquist left Saturday,
January 30 for Fort Snelling ,to be
inducted into the Air Corps.
Dale Lindberg received some-what
of a surprise in being ordered
to report for induction at 5:30 A.
M. on February 9, at Dennison,
Iowa. Farewell Dale.
Carol Riese has also been taking
tests this week in order to report
tomorrow for the February class at
Mounds-Midway Hospital.
Seminary Scoop-
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
A Biography of
Adolf Olson
Professor Adolph Olson is per-aps
one of the least known of the
faculty by the new students. Here
are some facts which will acquaint
them with him. He was born in
Floby, Vastergotlan, Sweden on
March 21, 1886. His father was a
farmer and Mr. Olson spent the
first seventeen years of his life in
those surroundings.
At the age of seventeen he came
to this country and the same year
he began a new life by accepting
Christ. Minneapolis became his
home, and interest in the Elim Bap-tist
Church proved a vital force in
his life. The Bethel Academy was
begun, and it was in this institu-tion
that he received his High
School education. For several years
he worked at the Crown Iron
Works in Minneapolis as a machin-ist.
To follow up his studies he at-tended
the University of Chicago
Divinity school, from which he was
graduated in 1912. It was during
his last year there that he taught.
The Bethany Baptist Church be-came
his charge where he served
as its minister from 1912 to 1919,
writing a history of the church
while there. During this time he
also attended Macalaster College
and was graduated with the dis-tinction
of magna cum laude in
1916. His B. D. degree was re-
HOW DO "SEMESTERS" MAKE
YOU FEEL?
Dale L.—They make me feel so
unnecessary.
Bernice—I'm scared to think of
them.
Marian P.—I don't feel.
Pat M.—What's the sense of talk-ing
about them?
John D.—Same effect as it has on
Pauline Frans.
Gordie J. — It hasn't entered my
mind yet.
Dave D.—I think I'll enlist.
Con n i e—Sick !
Pearl—They're just another thing
that comes and goes.
Randy J.—They don't bother me.
ceived at the 50th anniversary of
our Seminary.
Professor Olson started at Bethel
in 1915 as an instructor in the
Academy and later was promoted
to Seminary professor. His main
subject was Church History, but
after the death of Dean Lagergren
he also taught Systematic Theo-logy.
The summers found him busy
with graduate work both at the
University of Chicago and the Uni-versity
of Minnesota. Besides these
accomplishments he has also been
active in Conference circles, serv-ing
as Secretary to the Minnesota
Swedish Baptist B. Y. P. U. from
1912 to 1920. He was one of the
workers responsible for establish-ing
the Assembly program in Min-nesota
in 1925. For three years he
acted as Corresponding Secretary
of the Minnesota Conference.
Mr. Olson has no definite hob-bies
though he enjoyed fishing in
earlier days, but as has been the
story before, the Lord revised his
hobby and it became his full time
work as a "fisher of men."
Biblical Biology
The world in which we live and
of which we are a vital part is
sadly in need of an anchor. Many
are the disappointments that have
s resulted from the attaching of our-selves
to that which "shall pass
away."
Those enrolled in biology or zoo-logy,
will remember the words IR-RITABILITY
and TROPISM. Irrit-ability
is the response of proto-plasm
to stimuli. Tropism is that
phase of irritability in which the
protoplasm turns in some direction
in response to the stimuli.
The Greek word from which trop-ism
(tropa-turning) comes is used
but once in the Scriptures, James
1:17. Of God it is said, "with whom
is no variableness, neither shadow
of turning." That response which
is characteristic of living proto-plasm
is absolutely foreign to God.
Being the Creator He is outside
the influences of created forces.
To illustrate the contrast be-tween
God and ourselves, let us use
the types of tropism as discovered
by the biologists. To every type of
tropism there may be either a posi-tive
or negative response. So it is
said of living protoplasm that it
exhiibts either a positive or nega-tive
tropism, meaning that it either
Letters to the Editor
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conditions, and publications of
Bethel, we would like to have sin-cere
written comment by the stu-dent
body. We realize that there
are students who do not approve
of many things at school. Perhaps
by expressing their opinions, they
may aid the school in working out
sensible solutions.
Suggestions of public interest
will be published by the Editor.
For this reason we ask that they
be limited to 140 words. The let-ters
should be accompanied by
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be printed if the writer so desires.
We hope this idea may be an en-lightening
and constructive means
of improving our school. Make
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true. Place them in Box 250 until
better facilities can be arranged.
turns toward or away from the
stimulus.
Geotropism is the first type men-tioned.
The prefix, geo, comes from
a Greek word meaning earth. The
plant demonstrates both a positive
and negative geotropism. The roots
go toward the earth, whereas the
stem always goes away. This is
also demonstrated in the Scrip-tures.
In John 3:31, "He that is of
the earth is earthly, and speaketh
of the earth." There are -people
whose predominant attraction is
evidenced by their earthly speech.
They naturally turn toward the
earth. Do the things we say and
does the direction of our natural
turning betray the predominant
force in our lives?
On the other hand, Phototropism
is the reaction of protoplasm to
light. John 3:19-21 beautifully
illustrates both the negative and
positive aspects of this character-istic.
We need not mention that
the Light referred to is God as re-vealed
in Jesus Christ. The men
whose natural tendency is away
from the Light and toward dark-ness
demonstrate the negative
phase. The life and limitations in-volved
in the Light are distasteful,
while the deadness of darkness
corresponds to the inate sinful de-sires
of the heart.
In contrast to the above are the
men who practice truth, who come
to the Light that their deeds may
be made manifest that they have
been wrought in God.
Certainly, we who profess to love
the Light will be found turning
to Him who is the LIGHT, that it
might be made manifest that our
actions, motives, and thoughts are
constantly radiating from God.
Space will not permit to mention
more of these tropisms, but cer-tainly
this is enough to make us
THINK! If we are continually
turning in response to something,
what is that something? Has our
planned future been according to
His leading or have we been moved
by some selfish motive that will
disrupt God's plan and peace which
we were to have experienced?
. . . EDITORIAL .. .
The Purpose of
Teaching at Bethel
Ever since schools have existed and even since students have attend-ed
them, there has been complaint because of work and studies. Not
satisfied with that, the complaints become howls at exam time when
what the students know or don't know is to be discovered. The essence
of study has become to learn "this" and to learn "that" in order that
one may "pass" the examination and get out as soon as possible.
To me this is a reproach to the teaching profession as a whole and
to our teachers in particular. The real value of school and learning
knowing how, rather than knowing what. Knowing facts is necessary
too, but only as a means to an end. Today the educational system's
fault is that students are crammed with "this" and "that" and then
turned loose to use it when they haven't been taught "how" or "why."
As H. S. Tuttle of the College of the City of New York says: "Knowledge
as such is powerless."
It is this complaint that many of the older students of our school
have voiced. They say: "If you memorize the book you can pass easily."
This criticism is applied to all our faculty here with one or two excep-tions.
Harold Speight in an article in Schools and Society on the "Criteria
for Teachers and Education," says...."the criteria call for ....reading
which goes beyond—specified assignments, self-directed work, and ex-aminations
which test the student's mastery rather than a mere mem-orization
of data." If our teachers are to be judged by our students on
these criteria, we would find the standards quite low. The teaching
method should not be one of "compulsion" but rather of motivation
and purpose".
Teaching a subject is similar to learning a trade. There should
be fewer tools and more practice, with most of the tools being obtained
when the practice is learned. Teaching is "preparing" not "filling".
We believe that is what we need here.
Life
Views
Parson Poll
THE BETHEL CLARION
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Editor-in-chief Dana Larson
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Ietter5 dome Zrbil tett 44.0und qiiffei,
• laMIa MI
Dear Dad,
Say, can you send me ten dol-lars
air mail? Why? Well, semes-ters
start tomorrow at 8 o'clock
and I'll need something to revive
my spirits! !
Quick, dad if you don't mind,
Johnny
Dear Ma,
Ma, they're telling me about
some tests. Ma, I'm scared. I've
studied hard, real hard, from 7 to
10 every single night, but oh dear,
what if they ask something on that
outside reading I haven't had time
for?
Oh ma, wish me luck—tomorrow
they start-00000H Ma!
Lots of love,
Evelyn
Exchanges
History Prof.—"Who was that
prompting? I heard someone
whisper the answer."
Bore—"Perhaps that was Hist-ory
repeating itself."
Concordia Comet.
* * *
Waiter: "Our kitchen is very
modern. We cook everything by
electricity."
Patron: "Would you please give
this meat another shock?'
* * *
The young fellow burning with
love usually makes a fuel of him-self.
* * *
A shining example of old fash-ioned
symplicity is an unpowdered
nose.
DMLC Messenger.
* * *
I spent the summer in a very
pretty city in Switzerland.
Berne?
No, I almost froze.
Concordia Comet.
The Stork Called
1 !b. 4—Eileen Murphy
Feb. 8—Lorraine Nyquist
Feb. 10—Clarence Lake
Feb. 11—Elbert Walker
Feb. 14—Edward Moberg
Feb. 17—Elwood Anderson
—LaVerne Johnson
Feb. 19—Randolph Johnson
—Professor Norstrom
Feb. 23—James Schlaf
Feb. 24—Lawrence Wagstrom
Feb. 26—Melvin Swanson
? Guess Who
is a glib-tongued
sophomore girl from that small
Minnesota town that has a general
store and a warehouse. Who can
talk faster than she can? Who
can read faster than she can? How
does she always pull down A's and
raise the curve? We've been trying
to figure that our for a long time,
but now you can try.
Anyway we remember having
seen this person on the basket ball
floor stand under the basket and
yell, "Yoo .hoo!" If you don't know
who it is now, look around for a
young lady wearing a white pearl
locket with a fraternity insignia on
it. (We knew we'd get him in this
write-up somehow). It seems that
she lives to eat 'cause if you don't
find her in her room snacking from
the box under her bed, you'll find
her in the coffee shop. Now you
guess who!
Answer will be in next issue if
you can not determine who the
above discourse is about.
Could someone please turn in
the news that goes on around this
college. There is a general run of
gripers who want things in the
paper that aren't in it. I wish
they'd help us do something about
it.
We know this page is "skrutty"
(if I may use that term), but if
people would stop criticizing and
give ideas for improvement it
would help a lot! !
Now that that is off my system
maybe I can settle down to busi-ness.
* * *
For the information of James
Schlaf and Professor G. E .Carlson
the population of Ecuador by the
1930 census was 1,324.
* * *
There has been a little misunder-standing
about a headline appear-ing
on this page. Comments made
by various students proved em-barassing
to the people whose
names appeared in the column last
time. If you look carefully you
dear boss
thank you boss your thoughtful-ness
is really quite touching now
with this spring and clothes pin
attachment i can change sheets in
the typewriter and write a longer
column
wasnt it plato who said if i had
more time i would write more
briefly
now is the time for all good
freshmen to have had their auto-biographies
written long ago i may
not be exactly a freshman but i
sure could be fresh if the editor
would let me so look out below
i was born of the respectable
family americana genus blatidae
and the last of a long line of bach-elors
even since i was kneee high
to an annelid ive had to shift for
myself now im in high gear
my first job was with a new
york newspaper at night id crawl
out and clean the paste pots i
dont recommend paste as a steady
diet in vitamins in the messy stuff
it was there i noticed the fran-tic
efforts of don marquis to fill
his quota of column space being
young i still had faith in the milk
will see that it is a list of those
who have birthdays during the
month of February.
* * *
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Shaves 10 or 15 cents. The only
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* * *
Overheard in Freshman Lectures
Schlaf: It doesn't matter so much
if you know something as it does
to know where to find it.
Lundh: That's in the student direc-tory.
* * *
Sophomore sleigh ride!—any cas-ualties
besides broken hearts?
* *
What's in a name? Verda Lind-berg's
middle name is Nan —
Verda Nan or Ferdinand.
* * *
By the way if you don't want to
be called before the library com-mittee
you'd better remain quiet
in the library ! ! !
of human kindness anyhow i decid-ed
to help him out in return he
saw to it that my diet of paste
was supplemented excellent cheese
he had too
this business of typing columns
has developed my legs it is very
fortunate that i have so many and
that we cockroaches were built for
leaping
marquis was a man after my own
heart he didn't demand that i be
funny but let me ramble on to
great philosophic length i appre-ciated
that because as i said before
what heart rending pathos to be
forever doomed to be comic
in one of my nocturnal jaunts i
met a mellow voiced individual
known as mehetible the alley cat
we really go around and thus mar-quis
had a full column
then the blow fell don marquis
died without a patron i of course
couldnt keep on so i retired after
all i am not as i used to be
of my life since then i will say
nothing it is enough to say that
your case is pitiable enough and
your paste is much to my liking
archie the cockroach
Dear mmmmm,
Sorry, but I only have time for a card this time. And I'm afraid
that you won't be hearing from me every day for awhile. Exams, you
know! My head is just spinning! Having had to go through that occa-sionally
yourself, I'm sure that you understand. But for "corkers" you
should have to take one of Prof. Carlson's history exams. Wow! He
must lose lots of sleep trying to think them up and I lose all my sleep
trying to figure them out (after the test, of course).
Bye for now—but keep your fingers crossed for me, so I don't
flunk out. Love and skrutt,
Char.
he cleans the taste ot
Those. Little Men cJlre Here
It seems that someone told the "gremlinettes" that Bethel was to
play Concordia the other night. Those sweet little things were there and
on time too.
At 8:40 P. M. when the Ref. threw up the first ball, the players went
into action. And to be sure, so did the gremlins. When the two centers
jumped for the tip off, about ten of the heaviest gremlins in the group
stood on Gordy's feet. The ball was tipped toward Shine but gremlin
kicked it and off it went via Mr. Grumm for the first two points for
Concordia.
How could Bethel sharpshooters_ hit the hoop against such odds?
The basket was full of the little workers of evil and they succeeded very
well in knocking all of Gene Johnson's long shots out of the ring. Every
time that Gozzle would turn and shoot, they would all come up out of the
nets and stand on the ring and bounce the ball off to the side.
Gus had just about the best nite of his career. Those sharp-nosed
fellows rode a rough ride on Gussie's shoulder. Some of them were
knocked off when he streaked down the center and broke in for a shot.
He had his troubles too. Just when he was set for a long shot that he
practices by the hour, a gremlin stuck his long bony finger down inside
of his shirt and tickled him so that the ball missed the backboard.
Shine Swanson was the victim of the most persistent of the little
creatures ever to come around Bethel. That little gremlin was always
sliding after Shine hanging on to his shoestrings and climbing up and
down his legs. He rode most of the night in his hair and when Shine
went to shoot, he insisted in having his finger in Shine's eye. The only
way that we can overcome these fellows is to get all of the people out
that is possible and then make as much noise as possible. There wasn't
enough noise at the last game to frighten the little fellows away but we
can win the next game if we support our team by chasing the gremlins
by a lot of cheering.
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Farmers 47 - 15 On the Bench
By BO
Indians Trounce
Easy Victory for Bethel
Swanson Stars with 17
In true Indian style, the Bethel
basketball quintet scalped a pow-erless
Farm School team on the
latter's home floor last Saturday
night.
The game, as is suggested by the
47-15 final score, was uneventful as
far as action goes but it did give
the team a chance to show their
prowess.
The Bethelites took the lead ear-ly
in the game and were leading
14-5 as the first quarter ended. Du-ring
the second frame of the first
half, Bethel held their opponents
to one measly field goal to lead at
the half, 22-7.
Continuing their powerful attack
the Indians went wild in the last
half of the game, sinking baskets
from every spot on the floor. When
the dust cleared at the end of the
game, Bethel had won by the lop-sided
score of 47-15.
High-point men of the evening
were Captain Glenn "Norlander"
Swanson with a total of 17 count-ers
followed by Mentier with 12
points. Waterfield of Farm School
accounted for 7 points to pace the
losers.
The game, which was a non-con-ference
tilt, gave the Bethelites a
chance to change their pace be-cause
of the large floor. From
Bethel's "cracker - box" to a gym
which is almost the Northwest's
largest was a handicap not easily
overcome but met in great stride
by the victorious Indians.
Fouls were plentiful but no one
left the game via the personal foul
route. Other statistics show that
the losers completed 3 out of 11
field goal opportunities while Beth-el
split the hemp in 7 out of 12 at-tempts.
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Bethel Downs
Northwestern
In a double-header non-confer-ence
tilt the Bethel Indians showed
great powers as they emerged vic-torious
in both games over a well-organized
Northwestern Bible
School team.
The preliminary scrap between
the "B" teams of each school, wit-nessed
both teams playing a good
offensive and defensive game.
Northwestern took the lead at the
start, and was ahead 10 to 6 at the
first quarter. However, Bethel or-ganized
their men and led at half-time
by a margin of 16-15.
With machine-like precision the
Indians clicked in the second half
and went on to win the game, 32-
23. It was a hard-won victory for
at no time during the contest did
Bethel hold a safe lead.
High-point men were Paulson
and Lundh for Bethel with 13 and
12 points, respectively.
The feature game between the
varsity was just as thrilling al-though
the Indians played a faster
offensive game.
Northwestern jumped into the
lead early and had gained 6 points
before the Indians got a single
counter and ( (following their little
brothers) were leading 10-6 as the
first quarter gun sounded. The
second quarter was just as even
and ended in a 21-21 tie.
However, Bethel overcame this
tie to lead at the end of the third
quarter 32-24 and followed the road
to a 46-28 victory.
Swanson, with 22 counters and
Gene Johnson with 10 were high-point
men for the evening. Bye of
Northwestern was the only man to
leave the floor with four personal
fouls.
As soon as I catch my breath
I'll start writing. Boy! !, that was
a close one, I thought for a mo-ment
that coach "let me show you"
Johnson was actually sending me
into the game to "do or die" for
Bethel! I almost died, my poor
heart nearly broke its moorings in
doing the Dipsy-Doodle. The game
is fast and close out there, how-ever,
so we might as well settle
down until practise tomorrow af-ternoon.
I'll tell you though folks, the gen-eral
lot of us bench riders is im-proving.
I bet next season that I'll
make the All-Conference team at
the rate Uncle Sam is going. There
won't be anything left but 4-Fs,
(and maybe ?) Disch, "Comrade
Bob" looked over the squad and
then proudly told his girl that next
year he would go out for the team.
Honest, its unscriptural what the
bench must compete with. Ima-gine,
having another ball handler
like Gene Johnson, we'll be just
like Thompson, and never get our
hands on the ball. Of course I give
that guy credit, no matter how bad
things go he just rushes all over
the court as happy as a lark and
singing—"You can't stop me from
dreaming".
Squaws Eke
Out Win
In a thrill-packed contest, the
Bethel Squaws eked out a 20-19
victory from a hard fighting Farm
School quintet. The game was a
preliminary tilt played on the lat-ter's
floor.
Bethel took an early lead and
managed to continue their fight un-til
they led at the end of the first
frame, 6-3. However, the powerful
Farmerettes staged a comeback in
the latter part of the half to lead
at the midway point, 12-9.
Then came a "nip and tuck" half
in which both teams thrilled their
rooters with "swishing" baskets.
Defensive play was tight and both
teams succeeded in checking their
opponents effectively. Appelquist
broke the Farmerettes' lead of 19-
18 by a last-minute basket to win
the ball game, 20-19.
Appelquist, although only active
in two quarters, shone as she pa-ced
the Squaws with 12 points
with Christopherson accounting
for six counters. Outstanding for
the losers were V. Held and M.
Padros.
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College Wins First
Bethel College won first place in
the sale of Chirstmas seals in De-cember,
according to an announce-ment
sent to Helen Heitzman, Seal
committee chairman.
Boquets to the Lady with a Smile
"The rainbow is sunshine broken
into beauty by the storm." This is
the motto which appears on the
desk of Edith Larson, whose life
has ever radiated the glorious pre-sence
of the Lord Jesus Christ
just as surely as the rainbow has
reminded God's people throughout
the centuries of His unfailing love.
A former student once told
the writer that when she came
to Bethel she was far from
home and often homesick. She
confessed that she used to go
into the office for any trivial
excuse in order to see Miss
Larson smile at her and cheer-fully
say "Good morning!"
The homesick student was
never disappointed and some-how
it was easier to go on af-ter
Miss Larson's greeting.
Professor Omark in his Biblical
Introduction class the other day
listed as part of King David's
training the afflictions and perse-cutions
at the hands of Saul and
others and stated that before Da-vid
could rise he had to descend.
Perhaps Miss Larson could not
have been the sweet testimony she
is if it were not for the storms
which have broken into beauty the
rainbow of her smile. Nevetheless
I am sure that we all want to join
with countless students who have
passed through the halls of Bethel
in paying tribute to one who has
been an inspiration throughout the
years. How many of you know, or
have even guessed, that about two
weeks ago she fell and cracked a
bone in her knee and another in
her foot? Yet through constant
pain her smile has been just as
always.
We pay tribute to Miss Lar-son,
our office secretary, who
has learned the secret expres-sed
by the poet:
"Them leaving all your weakness
With the One Divinely strong,
Forget that you bore the burden,
And carry away the song."
BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXII No. 7 February 3, 1943
Aid Problems
After ten weeks of lessons, each
member of the First Aid Class has
received a certificate from the Am-erican
National Red Cross signi-fying
the completion of the stan-dard
course in First Aid. In the
next training period they will
learn to make practical applica-tion
of what they have already
studied.
At the present time actual First
Aid problems are given to the class
which is divided into terms of
three and four individuals. These
problems are worked out and pre-sented
at the next session—car-ried
through as if at the actual
scene of a possible accident. When
the problem is being presented by
the team, it is for the class to
critically observe the "first aiders"
and offer constructive criticism.
The instructor, Mrs. Anderson, is
a full-fledged teacher in First Aid,
having many classes during the
week. Under her able instruction
the students say they are learning
much that will be of benefit to
them.
. Human Interest Story
Some of the women were thrilled
at midnight last week when a love-ly
(?) quartet rendered a serenade
beneath their window.
Just as the girls got the win-dows
open and were preparing to
listen wholeheartedly, the quartet
Participating in the contest were
the colleges of Ramsey county, on
a percentage basis. Bethel had
twelve cents per capita in the sale.
Miss Heitzman was commended
for her work and invited to appear
on an educational broadcast some-time
this year.
This announcement and invita-tion
came from Blanche Mac-
Donald, publicity director of the
Ramsey County Seal Drive.
Face Lifting in Sem
Proceeds Rapidly
Those who have been in the Sem-inary
Chapel since January 25th,
know what a remarkable "face-lifting"
the front of the chapel is
getting. The high, impractical plat-form
is being taken out and a lower
one installed. The seemingly small
change has done a great deal
toward transforming the chapel's
appearance.
Dr. K. J. Karlson is supervising
the work. It is understood that he
tried to have it done last year, but
becauSe of lack of funds the job
was postponed. Anyone who has a
period free, is welcomed to help.
The carpenter who has the con-tract
is Mr. Ostlund, and the cost
is expected to be less than one
hundred dollars. The student body
joins in praising this new venture
as an improvement on the Semin-ary
building and it will be con-ductive
to worship.
showered the screen with snow-balls.
To close they sang "Goodnight
Ladies."
For details ask Ingmar Larson.
P. S. Did the women sleep on
the floor because the snow melted
on the beds?
The Alexis Society officers
met last week to select a ballot
of nominees for officers in the
club next semester. Plans were
also made for the next Alexis
meeting, the tentative date of
which is February 10.
The program will be arranged
in such a way as to portray
the life of a chaplain in the
Army and Navy. The men who
have graduated from Bethel
and gone into the service as
chaplains are being asked for
suggestions. This should make
the resulting program worth-while
to one and all.
Send Gospels
The girls' Jewish prayer group,
which meets evey Tuesday noon in
the Women's Reception Room has
started sending gospels to the Jews
in New York state. Already twenty-eight
Gospels have been sent, and
the prayer is that God will go on
before and prepare the hearts of
those who are to receive the Word,
tat in reading it they might see
Christ.
A Jewish Rabbi has declared that
Chistrendom has hidden the face
of Christ from them,and that many
look down upon and persecute the
Jew, because they believe that the
Jews are the cause of all evil, that
they are the money-lenders of the
World.
Alumnus-Alumni
Some alumni news has drifted in
this week.
Miss Viola Steve will come to
St. Paul February 4. Miss Steve
is a missionary from Africa.
Mrs. A. M. Bothne (Florence
Barker) and family spent some
time recently in Seattle with her
husband who is in the Navy.
Mrs. and Mrs. George Anderson
(Levia Kinsey) are the parents of
a baby boy named Donald George.
Former coach and .Mrs. William
Adam are proud of a new baby
girl, Karen Louise.
Friday chapels provide interest-ing
programs when the Seminary
seniors take charge of the service.
On February 22, Ray Johnson was
in charge of the Seminary chapel
service, speaking on II Timothy
4:7, dealing with life as a fight, a
race and a trust, with a reward
awaiting. Gordon Thompson sang
a solo "Why Should He Love Me
So?"
There aren't very many fellows
leaving the men's dorm these dark
days before the storm of exams.
The only ones who don't seem to
be affected are Shine Swanson and
Bob Dischinger, who evidently
have been doing what everyone
else wishes he had done "GRIND."
Conference Coming
March 1 - 7
The week of March 1-7 is set
aside as Missionary Week.
Esther Sable, religious edu-cation
director, announced that
there will be conferences each
afternoon and a missionary
rally Sunday afternoon, March
7.
Among the outstanding speak-ers
will be Gustaf Sword,
Bengt Anderson, Edwin Erick-son,
Mrs. Ahlquist, Almyra
Eastland, and Franklin Nelson.
This year an entire week is
devoted to the conference. In
former years it has been a
Prayer and Mission day.
Olson's Visit
Reverend and Mrs. Aleck T.
Olson gave their testimonies at the
Missionary Band meeting last Wed-nesday
night, January 27, in the
Seminary dining room.
The Olson's are missionaries to
Nigeria, Africa where they have
been working among the natives.
They left Africa by plane on Christ-mas
Day and arrived in the United
States on New Year's Day.
Included in the program was a
singspiration led by Lloyd Nord-strom
who also played the guitar
and sang a duet with Charles
Berg. Refreshments were served
after the meeting.
They're Leaving
Ellwood Norquist left Saturday,
January 30 for Fort Snelling ,to be
inducted into the Air Corps.
Dale Lindberg received some-what
of a surprise in being ordered
to report for induction at 5:30 A.
M. on February 9, at Dennison,
Iowa. Farewell Dale.
Carol Riese has also been taking
tests this week in order to report
tomorrow for the February class at
Mounds-Midway Hospital.
Seminary Scoop-
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
A Biography of
Adolf Olson
Professor Adolph Olson is per-aps
one of the least known of the
faculty by the new students. Here
are some facts which will acquaint
them with him. He was born in
Floby, Vastergotlan, Sweden on
March 21, 1886. His father was a
farmer and Mr. Olson spent the
first seventeen years of his life in
those surroundings.
At the age of seventeen he came
to this country and the same year
he began a new life by accepting
Christ. Minneapolis became his
home, and interest in the Elim Bap-tist
Church proved a vital force in
his life. The Bethel Academy was
begun, and it was in this institu-tion
that he received his High
School education. For several years
he worked at the Crown Iron
Works in Minneapolis as a machin-ist.
To follow up his studies he at-tended
the University of Chicago
Divinity school, from which he was
graduated in 1912. It was during
his last year there that he taught.
The Bethany Baptist Church be-came
his charge where he served
as its minister from 1912 to 1919,
writing a history of the church
while there. During this time he
also attended Macalaster College
and was graduated with the dis-tinction
of magna cum laude in
1916. His B. D. degree was re-
HOW DO "SEMESTERS" MAKE
YOU FEEL?
Dale L.—They make me feel so
unnecessary.
Bernice—I'm scared to think of
them.
Marian P.—I don't feel.
Pat M.—What's the sense of talk-ing
about them?
John D.—Same effect as it has on
Pauline Frans.
Gordie J. — It hasn't entered my
mind yet.
Dave D.—I think I'll enlist.
Con n i e—Sick !
Pearl—They're just another thing
that comes and goes.
Randy J.—They don't bother me.
ceived at the 50th anniversary of
our Seminary.
Professor Olson started at Bethel
in 1915 as an instructor in the
Academy and later was promoted
to Seminary professor. His main
subject was Church History, but
after the death of Dean Lagergren
he also taught Systematic Theo-logy.
The summers found him busy
with graduate work both at the
University of Chicago and the Uni-versity
of Minnesota. Besides these
accomplishments he has also been
active in Conference circles, serv-ing
as Secretary to the Minnesota
Swedish Baptist B. Y. P. U. from
1912 to 1920. He was one of the
workers responsible for establish-ing
the Assembly program in Min-nesota
in 1925. For three years he
acted as Corresponding Secretary
of the Minnesota Conference.
Mr. Olson has no definite hob-bies
though he enjoyed fishing in
earlier days, but as has been the
story before, the Lord revised his
hobby and it became his full time
work as a "fisher of men."
Biblical Biology
The world in which we live and
of which we are a vital part is
sadly in need of an anchor. Many
are the disappointments that have
s resulted from the attaching of our-selves
to that which "shall pass
away."
Those enrolled in biology or zoo-logy,
will remember the words IR-RITABILITY
and TROPISM. Irrit-ability
is the response of proto-plasm
to stimuli. Tropism is that
phase of irritability in which the
protoplasm turns in some direction
in response to the stimuli.
The Greek word from which trop-ism
(tropa-turning) comes is used
but once in the Scriptures, James
1:17. Of God it is said, "with whom
is no variableness, neither shadow
of turning." That response which
is characteristic of living proto-plasm
is absolutely foreign to God.
Being the Creator He is outside
the influences of created forces.
To illustrate the contrast be-tween
God and ourselves, let us use
the types of tropism as discovered
by the biologists. To every type of
tropism there may be either a posi-tive
or negative response. So it is
said of living protoplasm that it
exhiibts either a positive or nega-tive
tropism, meaning that it either
Letters to the Editor
In desiring to better the policies,
conditions, and publications of
Bethel, we would like to have sin-cere
written comment by the stu-dent
body. We realize that there
are students who do not approve
of many things at school. Perhaps
by expressing their opinions, they
may aid the school in working out
sensible solutions.
Suggestions of public interest
will be published by the Editor.
For this reason we ask that they
be limited to 140 words. The let-ters
should be accompanied by
names which, however, will be held
in strictest confidence and will not
be printed if the writer so desires.
We hope this idea may be an en-lightening
and constructive means
of improving our school. Make
your statements reasonable and
true. Place them in Box 250 until
better facilities can be arranged.
turns toward or away from the
stimulus.
Geotropism is the first type men-tioned.
The prefix, geo, comes from
a Greek word meaning earth. The
plant demonstrates both a positive
and negative geotropism. The roots
go toward the earth, whereas the
stem always goes away. This is
also demonstrated in the Scrip-tures.
In John 3:31, "He that is of
the earth is earthly, and speaketh
of the earth." There are -people
whose predominant attraction is
evidenced by their earthly speech.
They naturally turn toward the
earth. Do the things we say and
does the direction of our natural
turning betray the predominant
force in our lives?
On the other hand, Phototropism
is the reaction of protoplasm to
light. John 3:19-21 beautifully
illustrates both the negative and
positive aspects of this character-istic.
We need not mention that
the Light referred to is God as re-vealed
in Jesus Christ. The men
whose natural tendency is away
from the Light and toward dark-ness
demonstrate the negative
phase. The life and limitations in-volved
in the Light are distasteful,
while the deadness of darkness
corresponds to the inate sinful de-sires
of the heart.
In contrast to the above are the
men who practice truth, who come
to the Light that their deeds may
be made manifest that they have
been wrought in God.
Certainly, we who profess to love
the Light will be found turning
to Him who is the LIGHT, that it
might be made manifest that our
actions, motives, and thoughts are
constantly radiating from God.
Space will not permit to mention
more of these tropisms, but cer-tainly
this is enough to make us
THINK! If we are continually
turning in response to something,
what is that something? Has our
planned future been according to
His leading or have we been moved
by some selfish motive that will
disrupt God's plan and peace which
we were to have experienced?
. . . EDITORIAL .. .
The Purpose of
Teaching at Bethel
Ever since schools have existed and even since students have attend-ed
them, there has been complaint because of work and studies. Not
satisfied with that, the complaints become howls at exam time when
what the students know or don't know is to be discovered. The essence
of study has become to learn "this" and to learn "that" in order that
one may "pass" the examination and get out as soon as possible.
To me this is a reproach to the teaching profession as a whole and
to our teachers in particular. The real value of school and learning
knowing how, rather than knowing what. Knowing facts is necessary
too, but only as a means to an end. Today the educational system's
fault is that students are crammed with "this" and "that" and then
turned loose to use it when they haven't been taught "how" or "why."
As H. S. Tuttle of the College of the City of New York says: "Knowledge
as such is powerless."
It is this complaint that many of the older students of our school
have voiced. They say: "If you memorize the book you can pass easily."
This criticism is applied to all our faculty here with one or two excep-tions.
Harold Speight in an article in Schools and Society on the "Criteria
for Teachers and Education," says...."the criteria call for ....reading
which goes beyond—specified assignments, self-directed work, and ex-aminations
which test the student's mastery rather than a mere mem-orization
of data." If our teachers are to be judged by our students on
these criteria, we would find the standards quite low. The teaching
method should not be one of "compulsion" but rather of motivation
and purpose".
Teaching a subject is similar to learning a trade. There should
be fewer tools and more practice, with most of the tools being obtained
when the practice is learned. Teaching is "preparing" not "filling".
We believe that is what we need here.
Life
Views
Parson Poll
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bi-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Published by students every other Tuesday
except in July and August.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Editor-in-chief Dana Larson
Associate Editor Ethel Hale
Feature Editor Virginia Holmberg
Reporters Will Borne, Mrs. McClure, Miriam Quarnatrom,
Gordon Krantz, Roger Youngquist, Doris Fanberg, Dave
Carlson, Janet Lyth.
Circulation Marjorie Porter, Gwendolyn Parson
Typists..Marlan Peterson, Eleanor Peterson, Evelyn Sundberg, James Nyquist
Business Manager Stamford Widen
Editorial Advisor Miss Enid Platts
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1936, at the postoffice of St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Ietter5 dome Zrbil tett 44.0und qiiffei,
• laMIa MI
Dear Dad,
Say, can you send me ten dol-lars
air mail? Why? Well, semes-ters
start tomorrow at 8 o'clock
and I'll need something to revive
my spirits! !
Quick, dad if you don't mind,
Johnny
Dear Ma,
Ma, they're telling me about
some tests. Ma, I'm scared. I've
studied hard, real hard, from 7 to
10 every single night, but oh dear,
what if they ask something on that
outside reading I haven't had time
for?
Oh ma, wish me luck—tomorrow
they start-00000H Ma!
Lots of love,
Evelyn
Exchanges
History Prof.—"Who was that
prompting? I heard someone
whisper the answer."
Bore—"Perhaps that was Hist-ory
repeating itself."
Concordia Comet.
* * *
Waiter: "Our kitchen is very
modern. We cook everything by
electricity."
Patron: "Would you please give
this meat another shock?'
* * *
The young fellow burning with
love usually makes a fuel of him-self.
* * *
A shining example of old fash-ioned
symplicity is an unpowdered
nose.
DMLC Messenger.
* * *
I spent the summer in a very
pretty city in Switzerland.
Berne?
No, I almost froze.
Concordia Comet.
The Stork Called
1 !b. 4—Eileen Murphy
Feb. 8—Lorraine Nyquist
Feb. 10—Clarence Lake
Feb. 11—Elbert Walker
Feb. 14—Edward Moberg
Feb. 17—Elwood Anderson
—LaVerne Johnson
Feb. 19—Randolph Johnson
—Professor Norstrom
Feb. 23—James Schlaf
Feb. 24—Lawrence Wagstrom
Feb. 26—Melvin Swanson
? Guess Who
is a glib-tongued
sophomore girl from that small
Minnesota town that has a general
store and a warehouse. Who can
talk faster than she can? Who
can read faster than she can? How
does she always pull down A's and
raise the curve? We've been trying
to figure that our for a long time,
but now you can try.
Anyway we remember having
seen this person on the basket ball
floor stand under the basket and
yell, "Yoo .hoo!" If you don't know
who it is now, look around for a
young lady wearing a white pearl
locket with a fraternity insignia on
it. (We knew we'd get him in this
write-up somehow). It seems that
she lives to eat 'cause if you don't
find her in her room snacking from
the box under her bed, you'll find
her in the coffee shop. Now you
guess who!
Answer will be in next issue if
you can not determine who the
above discourse is about.
Could someone please turn in
the news that goes on around this
college. There is a general run of
gripers who want things in the
paper that aren't in it. I wish
they'd help us do something about
it.
We know this page is "skrutty"
(if I may use that term), but if
people would stop criticizing and
give ideas for improvement it
would help a lot! !
Now that that is off my system
maybe I can settle down to busi-ness.
* * *
For the information of James
Schlaf and Professor G. E .Carlson
the population of Ecuador by the
1930 census was 1,324.
* * *
There has been a little misunder-standing
about a headline appear-ing
on this page. Comments made
by various students proved em-barassing
to the people whose
names appeared in the column last
time. If you look carefully you
dear boss
thank you boss your thoughtful-ness
is really quite touching now
with this spring and clothes pin
attachment i can change sheets in
the typewriter and write a longer
column
wasnt it plato who said if i had
more time i would write more
briefly
now is the time for all good
freshmen to have had their auto-biographies
written long ago i may
not be exactly a freshman but i
sure could be fresh if the editor
would let me so look out below
i was born of the respectable
family americana genus blatidae
and the last of a long line of bach-elors
even since i was kneee high
to an annelid ive had to shift for
myself now im in high gear
my first job was with a new
york newspaper at night id crawl
out and clean the paste pots i
dont recommend paste as a steady
diet in vitamins in the messy stuff
it was there i noticed the fran-tic
efforts of don marquis to fill
his quota of column space being
young i still had faith in the milk
will see that it is a list of those
who have birthdays during the
month of February.
* * *
FREE ADVERTISEMENT
Dallas West's Barber Shop
Shaves 10 or 15 cents. The only
difference is that bandages are fur-nished
with the fifteen cent shave.
* * *
Overheard in Freshman Lectures
Schlaf: It doesn't matter so much
if you know something as it does
to know where to find it.
Lundh: That's in the student direc-tory.
* * *
Sophomore sleigh ride!—any cas-ualties
besides broken hearts?
* *
What's in a name? Verda Lind-berg's
middle name is Nan —
Verda Nan or Ferdinand.
* * *
By the way if you don't want to
be called before the library com-mittee
you'd better remain quiet
in the library ! ! !
of human kindness anyhow i decid-ed
to help him out in return he
saw to it that my diet of paste
was supplemented excellent cheese
he had too
this business of typing columns
has developed my legs it is very
fortunate that i have so many and
that we cockroaches were built for
leaping
marquis was a man after my own
heart he didn't demand that i be
funny but let me ramble on to
great philosophic length i appre-ciated
that because as i said before
what heart rending pathos to be
forever doomed to be comic
in one of my nocturnal jaunts i
met a mellow voiced individual
known as mehetible the alley cat
we really go around and thus mar-quis
had a full column
then the blow fell don marquis
died without a patron i of course
couldnt keep on so i retired after
all i am not as i used to be
of my life since then i will say
nothing it is enough to say that
your case is pitiable enough and
your paste is much to my liking
archie the cockroach
Dear mmmmm,
Sorry, but I only have time for a card this time. And I'm afraid
that you won't be hearing from me every day for awhile. Exams, you
know! My head is just spinning! Having had to go through that occa-sionally
yourself, I'm sure that you understand. But for "corkers" you
should have to take one of Prof. Carlson's history exams. Wow! He
must lose lots of sleep trying to think them up and I lose all my sleep
trying to figure them out (after the test, of course).
Bye for now—but keep your fingers crossed for me, so I don't
flunk out. Love and skrutt,
Char.
he cleans the taste ot
Those. Little Men cJlre Here
It seems that someone told the "gremlinettes" that Bethel was to
play Concordia the other night. Those sweet little things were there and
on time too.
At 8:40 P. M. when the Ref. threw up the first ball, the players went
into action. And to be sure, so did the gremlins. When the two centers
jumped for the tip off, about ten of the heaviest gremlins in the group
stood on Gordy's feet. The ball was tipped toward Shine but gremlin
kicked it and off it went via Mr. Grumm for the first two points for
Concordia.
How could Bethel sharpshooters_ hit the hoop against such odds?
The basket was full of the little workers of evil and they succeeded very
well in knocking all of Gene Johnson's long shots out of the ring. Every
time that Gozzle would turn and shoot, they would all come up out of the
nets and stand on the ring and bounce the ball off to the side.
Gus had just about the best nite of his career. Those sharp-nosed
fellows rode a rough ride on Gussie's shoulder. Some of them were
knocked off when he streaked down the center and broke in for a shot.
He had his troubles too. Just when he was set for a long shot that he
practices by the hour, a gremlin stuck his long bony finger down inside
of his shirt and tickled him so that the ball missed the backboard.
Shine Swanson was the victim of the most persistent of the little
creatures ever to come around Bethel. That little gremlin was always
sliding after Shine hanging on to his shoestrings and climbing up and
down his legs. He rode most of the night in his hair and when Shine
went to shoot, he insisted in having his finger in Shine's eye. The only
way that we can overcome these fellows is to get all of the people out
that is possible and then make as much noise as possible. There wasn't
enough noise at the last game to frighten the little fellows away but we
can win the next game if we support our team by chasing the gremlins
by a lot of cheering.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Farmers 47 - 15 On the Bench
By BO
Indians Trounce
Easy Victory for Bethel
Swanson Stars with 17
In true Indian style, the Bethel
basketball quintet scalped a pow-erless
Farm School team on the
latter's home floor last Saturday
night.
The game, as is suggested by the
47-15 final score, was uneventful as
far as action goes but it did give
the team a chance to show their
prowess.
The Bethelites took the lead ear-ly
in the game and were leading
14-5 as the first quarter ended. Du-ring
the second frame of the first
half, Bethel held their opponents
to one measly field goal to lead at
the half, 22-7.
Continuing their powerful attack
the Indians went wild in the last
half of the game, sinking baskets
from every spot on the floor. When
the dust cleared at the end of the
game, Bethel had won by the lop-sided
score of 47-15.
High-point men of the evening
were Captain Glenn "Norlander"
Swanson with a total of 17 count-ers
followed by Mentier with 12
points. Waterfield of Farm School
accounted for 7 points to pace the
losers.
The game, which was a non-con-ference
tilt, gave the Bethelites a
chance to change their pace be-cause
of the large floor. From
Bethel's "cracker - box" to a gym
which is almost the Northwest's
largest was a handicap not easily
overcome but met in great stride
by the victorious Indians.
Fouls were plentiful but no one
left the game via the personal foul
route. Other statistics show that
the losers completed 3 out of 11
field goal opportunities while Beth-el
split the hemp in 7 out of 12 at-tempts.
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Northwestern
In a double-header non-confer-ence
tilt the Bethel Indians showed
great powers as they emerged vic-torious
in both games over a well-organized
Northwestern Bible
School team.
The preliminary scrap between
the "B" teams of each school, wit-nessed
both teams playing a good
offensive and defensive game.
Northwestern took the lead at the
start, and was ahead 10 to 6 at the
first quarter. However, Bethel or-ganized
their men and led at half-time
by a margin of 16-15.
With machine-like precision the
Indians clicked in the second half
and went on to win the game, 32-
23. It was a hard-won victory for
at no time during the contest did
Bethel hold a safe lead.
High-point men were Paulson
and Lundh for Bethel with 13 and
12 points, respectively.
The feature game between the
varsity was just as thrilling al-though
the Indians played a faster
offensive game.
Northwestern jumped into the
lead early and had gained 6 points
before the Indians got a single
counter and ( (following their little
brothers) were leading 10-6 as the
first quarter gun sounded. The
second quarter was just as even
and ended in a 21-21 tie.
However, Bethel overcame this
tie to lead at the end of the third
quarter 32-24 and followed the road
to a 46-28 victory.
Swanson, with 22 counters and
Gene Johnson with 10 were high-point
men for the evening. Bye of
Northwestern was the only man to
leave the floor with four personal
fouls.
As soon as I catch my breath
I'll start writing. Boy! !, that was
a close one, I thought for a mo-ment
that coach "let me show you"
Johnson was actually sending me
into the game to "do or die" for
Bethel! I almost died, my poor
heart nearly broke its moorings in
doing the Dipsy-Doodle. The game
is fast and close out there, how-ever,
so we might as well settle
down until practise tomorrow af-ternoon.
I'll tell you though folks, the gen-eral
lot of us bench riders is im-proving.
I bet next season that I'll
make the All-Conference team at
the rate Uncle Sam is going. There
won't be anything left but 4-Fs,
(and maybe ?) Disch, "Comrade
Bob" looked over the squad and
then proudly told his girl that next
year he would go out for the team.
Honest, its unscriptural what the
bench must compete with. Ima-gine,
having another ball handler
like Gene Johnson, we'll be just
like Thompson, and never get our
hands on the ball. Of course I give
that guy credit, no matter how bad
things go he just rushes all over
the court as happy as a lark and
singing—"You can't stop me from
dreaming".
Squaws Eke
Out Win
In a thrill-packed contest, the
Bethel Squaws eked out a 20-19
victory from a hard fighting Farm
School quintet. The game was a
preliminary tilt played on the lat-ter's
floor.
Bethel took an early lead and
managed to continue their fight un-til
they led at the end of the first
frame, 6-3. However, the powerful
Farmerettes staged a comeback in
the latter part of the half to lead
at the midway point, 12-9.
Then came a "nip and tuck" half
in which both teams thrilled their
rooters with "swishing" baskets.
Defensive play was tight and both
teams succeeded in checking their
opponents effectively. Appelquist
broke the Farmerettes' lead of 19-
18 by a last-minute basket to win
the ball game, 20-19.
Appelquist, although only active
in two quarters, shone as she pa-ced
the Squaws with 12 points
with Christopherson accounting
for six counters. Outstanding for
the losers were V. Held and M.
Padros.
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